Wet, Wet, Wet

I'm beginning to think my back garden will never dry out. Though it only rains occasionally with the odd heavy downpour creating a temporary aquatic scene ...



.. it never seems to dry out. The lawn is sodden and walking across it leaves muddy footprints. The only ones enjoying it are the Blackbirds taking advantage of the worms and grubs driven to the surface.

There is an old hanging basket behind my garden clock. It rarely receives any direct sunlight so the Echeveria growing in it are being swamped by the moss which loves those conditions:



At least we are ice and snow free at the moment (whispered quietly so as not to tempt providence).

New Cuddly Toys

For Christmas Penny received two new cuddly toys. A Dylan Dog with a built in squeaker. She got fed up with it as I could make it squeak but she couldn't. The problem is the squeaker moves around inside the body. The 'Shake a Fox Toy' she loves. A rather strange looking beast as the head and rump are padded and the centre of the body is empty. That is how it was designed. She loves throwing it around the room and pouncing on it:




She has quite a pile of cuddly toys now and finds they make a great pillow on which to rest her weary head after an energetic day supervising:

Wordless Wednesday

Best Wishes for 2018

Wordless Wednesday

Geranium - Jolly Jewel(tm) Pink

Never Mind Snow at Christmas ....

... this Christmas Eve Sunrise set me up for the day.
No tinkering this time, just a bit of cropping.

From the village crossroads:



From the village school:



From my lane:

Merry Christmas to All

Very best Christmas wishes to all from a few of the locals:




The top title was made in Art Text 3 using the font Holly Christmas. A free for personal use font by Jonathan S. Harris which can be downloaded HERE.